veterans build

Habitat for Humanity’s Veterans Build officially began in 2013 in response to the grassroots Habitat efforts to serve the housing needs of returning veterans. Habitat is now empowering military and veteran families in over 100 communities to achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves.Habitat’s Veterans Build program focuses on five areas:

1. Building Safe, decent, affordable housing is the centerpiece of Veterans Build. In many communities, Habitat has expanded programs to maintain and preserve homes and make them more energy-efficient and affordable. In partnership with the Home Depot Foundation, Habitat developed the Repair Corps program to offer critical home repairs to veteran homeowners.

2. Employment We capitalize on skill sets gained from military service by recruiting military veterans to work with Habitat for Humanity International or the Habitat office in their community as employees, board members, extended volunteers, National Service members, interns or fellows.

3.Volunteer engagement We provide volunteer experiences that can bring together veterans and military families with their neighbors, bridging the gap and easing the transition to civilian life with fulfilling community engagement.

4. Education We are training Habitat employees and volunteers in communities throughout the U.S. to better understand the military culture and increase effectiveness in interacting with veterans and military families. We offer financial education and literacy programs to support successful homeownership among veteran and military homeowners.

​5. Honor Throughout the year, we host special events that pay tribute to veterans, raise awareness and mobilize volunteers.

The selection of Habitat Partners who will purchase homes from Habitat for Humanity of Lapeer-Tuscola will be done by the SelectionCommittee in a way that does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, handicap, religion, marital status or because all or part of the applicant’s income is derived from public assistance programs.